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Author My VW T4 Transporter Project - Fully resprayed!
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1st Jun 13 at 17:11   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looking really good
Marc
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Is this having beds or more seats? Or both?
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It's having a 3/4 rock n roll bed, I'm picking that up next Sunday. Then I'll finish the electrics. I'm going to put a Cambridge Audio amp and 2 bookshelf speakers in there and a demon CD player and iPod dock. I've ordered a 60A car audio amp wiring kit for the split charge leisure battery set up. I'm running a 750w inverter and also going to fit an electric hookup setup as in the pictures of the electric gizmo I've made.
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Noice.
Tiger
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Trimmed the bulkhead step today in the black carpet, it was manky blue paint with the arse end of the cabin mat on view prior to this, it's not too obvious here but it looks a lot better now.
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Here's the basis of the electrics. I'll have a feed coming from the VSR (Volt Sensing Relay) going to the leisure battery (which I havent bought yet) then to the inverter (blue thing in the picture) plus a ground going to the chassis somewhere from both the leisure battery and the inverter.

Then circuits in from the socket on the inverter feeding the distribution unit and also from a mains hookup all going through a 3 position switch.
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Picked this beauty up today!

Love it! So well made too, it surprised me!

Few bits of trim to finish the inside off, then I need to hit the electrics. I'm having issues finding where to run the leisure battery cable from the cab to the back.
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That is very nice!! quick progress on it

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that looks mint, does the bed fold down ??
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Is there nowhere to run the battery cable underneath?
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quote:
Originally posted by Danny W
That is very nice!! quick progress on it


Yeah I wanted to be able to use it this summer so have turned it around in about 4 weeks.
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Originally posted by BeetleGav
Is there nowhere to run the battery cable underneath?


I've just got to dodge exhaust, ARB, suspension and drive shafts etc, there must be a safe path for it somewhere,
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that looks mint, does the bed fold down ??


Yeah, I'll put some pics with the bed folded down when I get a minute
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http://instagram.com/p/a4DwawIzma/

Installed the interior lights. They are RGB LED's that are remote control so can have them solid REd Green Blue Orange Purple White and rotating or flashing between, depending how you want it.
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quote:
Originally posted by Alex_Rally
that looks mint, does the bed fold down ??




Tiger
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Marc
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You dirrty dawg.
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Mr fucking loverman...
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that's canny cool that like would be great for getting away on the weekends
Jambo
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Thats fricking awesome. Seriously.
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very nice.
Tiger
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My mate had chucked this in the bin, it was a right old state, falling to bits, covered in grease and original green paint was shite, rusty fixings.

I stripped it totally down, flatted the paint, repaired the metal work where I could and powder coated it. I replaced the monkey metal fixings with stainless and gave it a clean down, looks half decent and matches the interior of the van better than green.





The bottom was shitty zintec before so I gave that a powder coat too:
Tiger
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Not much to report really since the last update, I didnt really use it too much over the winter, but then I wasnt planning to, its just a summer van essentially.

I've had mecahnical work done, service etc. MOT and what not. I've fitted a new stereo and new speakers in the dashboard.

Probably done around 1500 miles so far since April and its running like a dream, 47mpg on the motorway and 38mpg combined.

I've been enquiring on resprays of late, i'll be booking it in later this year before I take it off the road for winter. I'll be going for a full blowover respray in the same colour, having the bumpers stripped, smoothed and sprayed and the mirrors and boot strip above numberplate sprayed too.

I'm looking at getting some reclining bucket seats in the front and i'll build a small enclosure for some 7 x 10's and a sub that fits behind the front seats powered by a small amp. I'm going to look at building a light fitting from a skimboard and some LED strips to give a halo effect on the roof too as I pulled the cables in when I carpeted the inside.

Anyway, i've had a couple thousand happy miles so far in it, so i'm just looking to keep improving it as it gets older
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That looks great Baggsssssss please
Tiger
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That looks great Baggsssssss please


Its already dropped about 60mm. I'd love to bag it but the cost of that would pay for the respray and more.

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